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Hezekiah & the Taylor Prism

Nineveh · ancient Assyria701 BCEContext: King James Version
Assyrian relief panel at the Metropolitan Museum of Art; contextual artwork, not the Taylor Prism

Assyrian relief · The Met (contextual image)

Sennacherib’s own campaign record names Hezekiah, king of Judah, and describes tribute received in 701 BCE. Compare the Assyrian account with Kings.

Source citation: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/W_1855-1003-1